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Parent says principal didn’t respond to bullying concerns; board told she was trespassed
Summary
A former parent accused district administrators of failing to act on bullying complaints and said she entered the school without approval, which led to a trespass; the board affirmed procedural limits on sharing student discipline while directing the parent to follow record-request channels.
Breann Cart, identified in the minutes as a former elementary parent, told the board she felt Principal Emily Mastin "did not return calls nor act on concerns" about bullying involving her daughter and said Assistant Principal Jackie Colgan handled issues while Mastin did not intervene. Cart said she entered the school without approval and was trespassed; she also called the district’s online Bullying Form "just an excuse to avoid concerns." President Ann Orwig told Cart that the unofficial minutes are a summary and the board does not control what the media prints; Orwig advised Cart she could email Principal Mastin to request records.
Another parent, Samantha Berchtold, said she grew up in the community and removed her son from the district because she felt administration did not listen to parents and prioritized the district’s image over parental concerns. The board did not take formal action in response to the comments; the Education Committee’s earlier report emphasized that bullying and threat allegations are reviewed by a team and that, by law, the district cannot share other students’ discipline records with parents.
The board encouraged use of formal channels for records requests and reiterated that Threat Assessment Teams review allegations rather than decisions being made by an individual principal.
